Akash Manoj: A life-saving device that detects silent heart attacks
Akash Manoj: Un dispositivo que salva vidas detectando infartos silenciosos
Akash Manoj developed a novel technique that can non-invasively detect and alert at-risk patients of a potential asymptomatic heart-attack. Full bio
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to a silent heart attack.
de un infarto silencioso.
shocking was that at 75,
fue que, con 75 años,
healthy and energetic,
saludable y lleno de energía,
against this deadly killer
a este asesino letal
the results of recent studies
los resultados de estudios recientes
of nearly eight million people
ocho millones de personas
when arteries get clogged,
cuando las arterias se obstruyen,
in the heart muscles start to die.
se quedan sin oxígeno empiezan a morir.
más comunes de un infarto:
symptoms of a heart attack:
of breath, fatigue, et cetera ...
sensación de ahogo, fatiga, etc.,
that is quite common,
que es bastante común
because the symptoms are silent.
porque los síntomas son silenciosos.
just don't realize what's happening,
no notan lo que les ocurre,
to receive the treatment that they need
que reciban el tratamiento que necesitan
get to the hospital by chance,
por casualidad,
they are struck by a heart attack,
of these time-consuming, expensive tests
una o más pruebas largas y costosas
the gold standards
el patrón estándar
account for nearly 45 percent
suponen cerca del 45 %
disorders suffer from nerve damage
similares presentan daños en los nervios
the sort of pain
a heart attack.
the damage of a heart attack
los daños de un infarto
suffer from nerve damage,
sufren daños en sus nervios
immediate medical care.
an unlikely event is about to occur.
ocurra algo improbable.
was an at-risk patient, too.
un paciente de riesgo.
to understand the heart,
para comprender el corazón,
and worked across labs in India.
colaboré con laboratorios de toda India.
of persistent research,
de investigación constante,
is a promising solution.
es una solución prometedora.
patients at all times.
momento por pacientes de riesgo
the need for a blood test
de una analítica de sangre
and analyzing data at preset intervals.
datos en intervalos predefinidos.
for a single purpose:
con un único propósito:
that might help us in the future.
que podría ayudarnos en el futuro.
your heart really is.
que es en realidad su corazón.
multiple times before failing,
muchas veces antes de fallar,
como el dolor en el pecho.
when the heart loses out
cuando el corazón pierde
about the nerve damage.
before a silent heart attack,
previos a un infarto silencioso
the common symptoms.
los síntomas más comunes.
certain biomarkers --
emite ciertos biomarcadores,
that are SOS messages --
que son mensajes de SOS...
of these cardiac biomarker proteins
cardíacos y proteínas
biomarkers are found
cardíacos se encuentran
stages of a heart attack,
que la persona sobrevivirá
on that basis.
or placed near your chest.
en la muñeca o cerca del pecho.
for a biomarker blood test,
para una analítica de biomarcadores,
a heart-attack specific biomarker
y rastrear un biomarcador de infarto
a critical level in your bloodstream --
crítico en el torrente sanguíneo,
and cheaper than conventional methods
y barato que los métodos tradicionales
concentration data,
de concentración del biomarcador,
with advanced research in the future,
más investigación en el futuro,
for an at-risk patient to go to a doctor
de un paciente de riesgo de ir al médico
could be worn at all times,
se podría llevar siempre,
del biomarcador en tiempo real.
levels going beyond the critical point,
del biomarcador son más que críticos,
of an impending cardiac arrest
de un paro cardíaco inminente
immediate medical attention.
atención médica inmediata.
to provide the patient
proporcionar al paciente
of the cardiac injury,
that the patient is in danger,
está en peligro,
inmediato es crucial.
more time to survive
tendrán más tiempo para sobrevivir
tratamientos médicos caros e invasivos
medical treatments
after a heart attack.
tras sufrir un infarto.
on at-risk patients under observation,
con pacientes de riesgo bajo seguimiento,
los ensayos clínicos de validación
accuracy and sensitivity.
de exactitud y sensibilidad.
to people in two variants:
mi dispositivo en dos versiones:
of the biomarker levels
del nivel de biomarcadores
para habitantes de zonas rurales
for the people in rural areas
levels go beyond the critical point.
de biomarcadores supere el punto crítico.
in cardiac health care today,
los tratamientos cardíacos actuales,
self-care and technology.
que cuidado y tecnología preventivas.
for the heart attack to occur
a que ocurra el infarto
into post-care treatment.
los recursos al cuidado posterior.
will already be done.
for us to rethink medicine.
de replantearnos la medicina.
health-care technologies.
terapéuticas proactivas.
not 10 years from now,
no de aquí a 10 años,
his or her grandfather just like I did.
como me ocurrió a mí.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Akash Manoj - InventorAkash Manoj developed a novel technique that can non-invasively detect and alert at-risk patients of a potential asymptomatic heart-attack.
Why you should listen
Akash Manoj lost his grandfather due to a silent heart attack when he was thirteen. Silent heart attacks strike at-risk patients who are affected by nerve damage. Unlike most teenagers, inspired by the intricacies of the problem, Manoj translated his emotions into social motivation and, eventually, into action. At the end of three years of research and experiments funded by the Government of India at various labs across India, including SRISTI-BIRAC, he developed a novel technique that can non-invasively detect and alert at-risk patients of a potential asymptomatic heart-attack. His method involves transcutaneously isolating, identifying, spectroscopically analyzing, and sensing elevation in the levels of a cardiac biomarker called h-FABP in realtime -- a process that significantly establishes a path to preventative cardiovascular healthcare.
Manoj was awarded at the Intel ISEF 2018 and was conferred with the nation's highest honor (National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement | Gold Medallion) by the President of India.
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